The Alabama Crimson Tide do not yet have a starting quarterback, and head coach Nick Saban has made it clear that he wants someone to step up and earn the job.
During a recent press conference, Nick Saban was asked about the team’s quarterback battle and he made it clear that he doesn’t want to have to make a decision on who should be the starter, he wants someone to perform so well that he has no choice but to make him the starter.
“Like I said in here before, I told the quarterbacks, I said quit looking around for me to make a decision about who’s going to play. How about you play and good enough that I don’t have a choice?” Saban said Wednesday according to On3. “That’s what you can control. That’s what you can do, and somebody needs to do that. And it’s sort of taking shape to some degree, but somebody’s somebody’s got to do it.
“Where you all think that whoever we name is a starter for the first game, that’s like the end of it. It’s not the end of it. It’s just the beginning. What if a guy doesn’t play good? He’s not entitled to keep playing. And the guy that doesn’t play has got every opportunity to practice and be more consistent and win the team over so that when he gets an opportunity to play, he plays really well. I mean, we have changed quarterbacks around here a few times during the season. So I know you guys are looking for an end, but it’s not even going to be the end in the first game.”
Right now, the battle is between Tyler Buchner, Ty Simpson and Jalen Milroe. We’ll have to see who emerges as the starter.
[On3]
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